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CHAPTER 17 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE<br />

Table A-17.1 Experience of physical violence: Districts<br />

Percentage of women age 15-49 who have experienced physical violence since age 15 and percentage<br />

who have experienced physical violence during the 12 months before the survey , according to district,<br />

<strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Percentage<br />

who have<br />

experienced<br />

physical<br />

violence since<br />

age 15 1<br />

Percentage who have experienced physical<br />

violence in the past 12 months<br />

District Often Sometimes<br />

Often or<br />

sometimes 2<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 35.1 4.3 17.3 21.6 58<br />

Karonga 50.6 3.5 26.0 29.5 121<br />

Likoma 25.3 1.1 11.0 12.2 5<br />

Mzimba 37.2 7.7 10.6 18.3 400<br />

Nkhata Bay 37.9 2.5 8.5 11.5 82<br />

Rumphi 40.4 2.8 <strong>16</strong>.3 19.1 70<br />

Total 39.6 5.6 14.0 19.7 736<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 27.9 1.1 14.0 15.1 265<br />

Dowa 27.6 5.8 11.4 17.1 283<br />

Kasungu 29.2 2.8 11.1 14.8 258<br />

Lilongwe 38.4 3.1 13.0 <strong>16</strong>.1 1,023<br />

Mchinji 35.7 5.3 11.4 <strong>16</strong>.7 195<br />

Nkhotakota 25.5 0.4 6.0 6.4 130<br />

Ntcheu 25.1 2.1 7.2 9.3 235<br />

Ntchisi 33.9 3.2 13.6 <strong>16</strong>.8 108<br />

Salima 30.7 1.0 8.2 10.2 174<br />

Total 32.6 3.0 11.5 14.6 2,672<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 21.6 1.4 9.8 11.1 <strong>16</strong>6<br />

Blantyre 35.7 2.5 13.8 <strong>16</strong>.3 550<br />

Chikhwawa 33.2 4.6 20.1 24.7 181<br />

Chiradzulu 34.2 5.6 11.5 17.1 127<br />

Machinga 28.5 3.9 10.3 14.2 2<strong>16</strong><br />

Mangochi 21.4 1.1 9.0 10.1 414<br />

Mulanje 47.1 5.0 19.4 24.4 274<br />

Mwanza 21.7 4.0 10.6 14.6 46<br />

Neno 28.5 1.1 13.2 14.3 65<br />

Nsanje 37.3 3.3 20.5 23.9 88<br />

Phalombe 32.8 3.8 12.7 <strong>16</strong>.5 172<br />

Thyolo 34.3 3.1 13.9 17.0 306<br />

Zomba 45.1 5.0 12.7 17.7 367<br />

Total 33.8 3.3 13.4 <strong>16</strong>.7 2,970<br />

Total 34.0 3.4 12.7 <strong>16</strong>.2 6,379<br />

1<br />

Includes violence in the past 12 months. For women who were married before age 15 and reported<br />

physical violence only by their husband/partner, the violence could have occurred before age 15.<br />

2<br />

Includes women for whom frequency in the past 12 months is not known.<br />

432 • Appendix A

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